When the weather starts to turn cold, four common insect invaders may show up uninvited in your home. None of them breed in ...

In Hawaii, all varieties of cacao grow well. Hanna grows most of her trees from seedlings. It takes three to five years ...

Researchers identify the crucial protein for controlling the biosynthesis of steroidal glycoalkaloids and saponins in plants ...

The largest fruit native to North America is one you won't find in supermarkets, but you can find it growing wild if you live ...

The resilient, native fruit has a cult following and could be small farms’ hedge against climate change in a fast-warming ...

The small greenish flowers grow on trees in their native Mexico and other warm climates. However, despite fitting all the requirements for a fruit, avocados are more often treated as vegetables in ...

Dried fruit has a reputation for being high in calories and sugar, but experts say it can be just as good for you as fresh. True, dried fruit will have more sugar by weight than the fresh version ...

However, the tree, which is now more than 14 years old and almost 10 feet (3 meters) tall, has neither flowered nor borne fruit. Without these more easily identifiable features, it’s not ...

Previous researchers have mapped the brain of a C. elegans worm, with its 302 neurons, and the brain of a larval fruit fly, which had 3,000 neurons, but the adult fruit fly is several orders of ...